Vending-machine.



L. WEINSTEIN.

VENDING MACHINE,

APPLlcAloN man Nov. 2s, 1914.

1,191,377.. Y Patented Ju1y18,1916.

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LOUIS WEINSTEIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.l

VENDING-MACI-IINE.

To'all ui/tom t may concern.'

I Be it known that I, LOUIS WEINSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, countyv o'flings, and State of 'New York, have in-,j

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the follow` ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention-relates more `particularly to a small compact vending machine for confections and which is adapted to beplaced on the back of seatsl of places of amusement and especially placesof -amusement where moving pictures are exhibited.

' One of the principal objects of the'invention is ,tok provide a vendingmachine in which confections or other articles are'positively delivered by means v.operated by a coin and which meansis so constructed and arranged that it is 'n'o't only simple in construction but is not easily tampered with to secui'e a confection-without the use of a coin.

Another object of the invention is to provide Vsimple and eficient means whereby coin-operated mechanism for the delivery of the confections or articles will be positively locked against movement when the last article has been ejected from the machine.

lOther objects are to provide simple and etlicient means whereby the mechanism is protected so as tobe substantially burglar proof in order that the machine may not be easily robbed; toprovide simple means for locking 1the mechanism ,againstv movement except by the deposit of a' coin; toprovide means which will prevent the use of washers with holes therein; and to provide a machine which is very compact `and may be made in box form comparatively `small yet having reasonable capacity for a number of articles so that said machine may be placed in the cheapest class of places of amusement l where itis desirable to have an article the sale of which usually costs apenny.

A further object of the invention is to and eflicient means whereby the casing may' bemade in parts detachably held together and partoi1 the mechanism supported on onel part of they box and another part of the mechanism on another part ofthe box. i

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly ydescribed -with reference tothe accompanying drawings, which .form apart of Avthis specilication, and will thenffbe pointed Specification of Letters Patent. f Pagntd July 18, 1916.

Application filed November 28,1914. seriai No. 874,433. l

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In the drawings, Figure 1 isla vertical section of one. form oi' machine embodying my invention,'taken on the line I-I of Figs.l 2 and Fig.y 2 is a Vertical section taken on the lineII-II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical 1 section .taken on the line III-III of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the upper part ofone member or section of the Vcasing showingv the means fork locking the coin slide against movement. Fig. 5 is a sectional vplan View taken on the line V-V of Fig. 8; 'and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of a part 'of7 the hopper for the articles showing how the article ejector may be locked when'the articles have all been removed. 1

vThe box or `casing 10 comprises a front member or section 11 and a backplate, sectiony ormember 12. rIhe member 11 has a front 13,l a top 14, and sides 15, while the rear section or member 12'has a plate porftion 16 and an angular part 17-forining a bottom for the casing. When these two members are brought together,'they form a box-like lsubstantially rectangular casing whichmay be locked andl held together in any desired way. As` one means of holding 'the two members or-sections detachably together, I provide on the sides 15 of the front member 11, angular brackets 18 at the upper and lower portions thereof having slots at their lower 'ends which are ladapted lto be engaged by hook-shaped parts 19 secured to or ormed integral with the plate portion 16 of the member 12, so that by a slight-sliding movement, the two box sections or casing members are interlocked, there being in addition to this a suitable key-operated locking means to `preventthe box sections from being removed or separated from each other except by the person `having .properA access thereto. The casing member 12 is adapted to be secured to the back of a chair or other support in a position convenient for a person to deposit a coin, and said back is so held that the front part ofthecasing may be re- -moved when it isdesired to fill-the machine w-itharticlesY to be sold `or access is to be had to the interior of the casing.

cally arranged iii the machine and has a rear wall l21` and angular walls 22 vrforming an at the end vof the descripopen space at the front of the hopper to adapt the goods or articles to be readily deposited therein. The bottom oi the hopper has lips or parts 23 to provide a slot or space 24 between the same and at the same time support the edges of the articles 25.V The articles 25 aresuperposed and may be of any confection or other article to be sold, and these articles are normally forced downwardly by means oi.: a weight 26. A lever ejector or deliverer 27 is located at the rear oit' the hopper 20. This lever is pivoted, at

28, to the casino' of the machine and has itsY lower end provided with a substantially l..- shaped part 29, the upper end of which has a lip 30 which is adapted to engage one end of the article to be delivered and to push the same horizontally and laterally so that it will fall upon an inclined platform and into a substantially box-shaped holder 32, there being an opening or channel 33 through which the article passes. The article as it is delivered is adapted to be removed by the purchaser through an opening 34 at the front Yof the machine casing, the box-like holder 13 serving to prevent access through the opening 34 to the interior of the working parts of the machine or the articles remaining therein. It will be evident that when the lever 27 is moved the proper distance, the lip 30 will travel the entire width of the hopper 20 and will positively force the lowermost article out of the hopper and deliver the same into the boX or other holder 32. V

To operate the ej ecting lever 27 in one direction to restore it to its normal position, I provide a spring 35 one end of which is secured to a part of the machine casing and the other end to a part of the lever above the pivot 28, and to positively operate the lever 27 by a coin, I provide a slide 36. This slide is of a plate-like character and is adapted to move back and forth between the top 14 of the casing member 1l and the top plate 38 of a bracket 39, the latter being secured to the front wall oi the casing member 11. The inner end of the slide 36 has a downwardly projecting lip or end 40 which is normally located between two lips or projecting parts 4l of the lever 27` to adapt the lever to be positively moved by the slide in one direction, vand when the slide is released permitting the spring 35 to restore the lever and slide to their' norma-l position as shown in Fig. 1. This form of connection between the upper end of the lever 27 and the slide serves to permit separation between the said lever and the slide so that the front section or member ll of the casing may be readily detached from the rear section or casing l2 and at the same time permit the sections to be restored to operative position without the necessity for operating or manipulating any or" the mechanism. The top 14 of the casing is provided with a slot or opening 42 of substantially the size of a coin to be used vin the machine and this slot is adapted'normally to register with an opening 43 in the slide 36, the latter being provided with a curved pull or nger portion 4 4 by which the slide may be manually manipulated.

Suitable means is provided whereby the slide may be locked against movement eX- cept when a prop-er coin is deposited in the machine. This may be accomplished in various ways. As shown, there is provided a substantially U-shaped member or locking element 45. This element may comprise two spaced arms 46 and 47 which are connected by a tie or spacing bar 48. The arms 46 and 47 are pivotally held to a pin or bolt 49 which is held to lugs 50 forming a part of the bracket 39. The arm 47 has a locking end 5l which is adapted to pass through an opening 52 in the bracket 39 and in its normal position engages a slot 53 in one edge of the slide 36A and holds the slide against movement until the locking end is disengaged from said slot, one edge of theQ slot.

as well as the upper edge of the end 5l being beveled to permit ready rengagement of the locking end with said slide. At 54 is a finger which is bent upward and at an angle so as to extend through an opening in the top plate of the bracket 39 and into a slot 55, Figs. l and 5, in the slide 36. This finger is in the path of movement of the coin and may be located at any desired point so that it is not easily accessible to a tool or other' means from the outside. This finger projects upward far enough so that when the coin is moved a certain distance by the movement of the slide after being deposited in the opening 43 to engage and ride over said finger, the arm 47 will be forced downward which will release the locking end 5l. of said arm from locking engagement with the slide 36. This will permit the said slide to continue its movement and to force the ejecting lever 27 on its pivot and cause the lip 3() to positively force the lowermost article from the hopper 2O and deposit the same in the holder 32 in position for removal by the purchaser. On the release of the pull or finger piece 44 by which the Vslide is manipulated, the lever 27 and slide 36 will be restored to their normal position bythe spring 35 which will permit the locking end 52 to rengage the slot in the slide 36 and lock the same against movement, the said arm 47 as well as the arm 46 being normally forced upward by means of a fiat or other spring 56, one end of which is secured to the bracket 39 and the other end normally resting against the tie bar or connection 48 between said arms 46 and 47. The linger 54 by which the slide is released when the coin engages said finger is of such a character that if a Washer with an opening for example is used, the said finger will pass into the opening in said Washer and the end 51 of the locking element will lock the slide from complete move'- ment and consequently the article will not be delivered by the leverl 27. This is secured by the end 51 entering a slot or notch 56a in the slide to prevent complete movement of the slide and thereby the delivery of the article, but may have one edge beveled to permit the return of the slide to its coin receiving position.

The coin when the slide is forced inward will be beyond the finger 54 and as there is an opening through the bracket 39, the said coin will pass from the opening 43 in the slide and drop on to a plate 57 and be guided thereby into a coin holder 58. This coin holder is secured to the rear section-12 of the machine casing and is of a box-like form having a sliding bottom 59 and an inclined plate 60 so that when the front of the machine is removed for access to the interior, the bottom 59 may be pulled outward and by holding the hand under the plate 60 the coins deposited into the machine will fall into the hand.

The weight 26 is intendednormally to force the articles downwardin the hopper 2O and said weight is provided with a slot G1. The purpose of this slot is to cause the lever 27 to be automatically locked against movement when all of the articles have been delivered from the hopper 20. Vhen the last article 25 has been delivered, the weight 26 will then Itake the position -of the last article so that on the return movement of the lever 27 to its normal position, the lip portion 30 of the angular part 29 of said lever will enter the slot 61 as shown in Fig. G, .thus preventing any further backward movement of the slide, so that a purchaser will not be able to deposit a coin and will thereby know that there are no more articles to be purchased.

From the foregoing, it will be evident that a simple and compact vending machine is provided which is adapted to be placed on the back of chairs in amusement places; that said machine may be used for vending various articles; that simple means is provided whereby confections or other articles may be positively delivered from the machine; that effective means is provided whereby the machine cannot be easily tampered with; that simple means is provided whereby one part of the machine casing may be made separal ble from the other for access to the interior thereof; that simple means is provided for locking the coin-operated mechanism against movement when the last article is sold; and that simple means is provided whereby a coin of only a certain size and kindmay be hopper and having an angular end provided with a lip adapted to move entirely across the hopper to positively force an article therefronnmeans for receiving the articles when delivered from the hopper, a spring normally forcing the lever in one direction, a slide having an angular end adapted loosely to engage a part of the ejecting lelver, means for moving the slide in one direction, said slide having an opening for the reception of a coin, a locking element having one part adapted to lock the slide against movement and another part arranged in the path of the coin and adapted to be actuated thereby during the movement of the slide to release the slide from locking engagement with said element, and a spring normally forcing said element in position to again lock the slide when in its normal position.

2. In a vending machine, the combination of a casing, comprising two separable members, coin controlled mechanism, a part of which is mounted on each member comprising a hopper' adapted to hold articles in superposed relation, a lever extending lengthwise of the hopper and having an angular lower end provided with a lip adapted to move entirely across the hopper to positively force an article therefrom, the upper end of the lever having lips or projections extending toward the front of the casing, means for receiving the articles when delivered from the hopper, a spring normally forcing the lever in one direction, a slide having an angular end adapted loosely to engage the lever between said lips or projections, means for moving the slide in one direction, said slide having an opening for the reception of a coin, a locking element having one part adapted to lock the slide against movement and another part arranged in the path of the coin and adapted to be actuated thereby during the movement of the slide to release the slide from locking engagement with said 'elemenuand a spring normally forcing said element in position to yagain lock the slide when in its normal position.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25th day of November, A. D. 1914.

` LOUIS WEINSTEIN.

Witnesses:

` LESTER C. TAYLOR,

C. BAR'rnLs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

